約翰的父親弗蘭克(丹尼斯?奎德 Dennis Quaid 飾)死于30年前一次救火行動中一次，翻看父親的物時，約翰(詹姆斯?卡維澤 James Caviezel 飾)發(fā)現(xiàn)了30年前父親使用過的臺老式無線電。在手翻撥頻段的時候他竟然和一名年輕弗蘭克的男子搭上線。經(jīng)過整夜長談約翰確定時空發(fā)生錯亂，這個弗蘭克是自己30年前的父親。 約翰興奮異常，順利幫助父親躲了30年前的那場災(zāi)難。當(dāng)他一覺醒來驚訝地發(fā)現(xiàn)了相框白發(fā)蒼蒼的父親，知道自己成功了。而讓人意想不到的，歷史一切都改寫約翰的拯救了父親而他的母親卻死于多年前的一起連環(huán)人案。當(dāng)約翰通過線電再次聯(lián)系30年前的父親，意圖讓親阻止母親被殺時父親卻又意外成了疑犯?
Upon moving into her husband's childhood home to help take care of his elderly relatives, Jean Copeland, an emotionally withdrawn wife and mother of two, becomes embroiled in an affair with a suicidal lover. Her husband, Gordon, is oblivious, too busy worrying that he's losing his most prized possession, his mind, after a run-in with an ex-girlfriend he doesn't remember. 19-year-old, Priscilla, is a fashionista desperate to become a reality TV star, while 9-year-old crossword fanatic, Otis, has fallen in love for the very first time. Otis (played by Noah schanpp) falls in love with Caterina (played by Caroline Mills) after, well, forever. With Gordon's father, Theodore, fading into dementia, and 95-year old matriarch, Vivian, desperately clinging to control of the house, the six family members, at five stages of life, distill the dreams, worries, and regrets, of contemporary America.
